Refrigerator



Jan. 18, 1927.

B. F. VOGT REFRIGERATOR Filed sept. 4, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1UIIIIIIIIHIIH B. F. VOGT REFRIGERATOR Jan. 18,1927.

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Snowdon Paten dem 1ra, 1927,

BENEDICT r. voer, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

REFRIGERATOR.

applicati@ mea september 4,'1924. serial No. 735,799.

This invention relates to refrigerators and other'like devices whereincabinets are employed having sliding drawers.

It" quite common in certain devices, such as filing cabinets and thelike, toprovide sliding drawers which run on -an extension track. Tnsuch filing cabinets'no necessity H exists for removing thetracksalthough it is very ordinary to provide for lifting the drawers .of thetracks. In refrigerators, 'l1owever, it 1s essentlal, for sanitarycauses,

that not only should one be able to remove the drawers themselves butthe tracks .on

which these drawers run should alsofbe removableso that the entireinside of the rerefrigerator can, from time to time, be

Ithoroughly scalded out and cleansed. In the modern type of refrigeratorprovision for this purpose is frequently made by forming unitarystructure.A t One important object of the present lnvention is toprovide a form of refrigerator hav-` ranged in a novely manner havingdetachabl the interior of the-food compartments as a ing extensiblevdrawer supporting slides arpositions within the refrigerator.

{A- second important object of the present -invention is to provide animproved form of extensible slides peculiarly adapted for use withrefrigerators of this class although it is also capable -of use in filincabinets and other placesv wherever extensi le slides may be employed.`

A third important object of Ythe invention is to provide an improvedform of slides l of the above character and a drawer or other receptaclehaving elements cooperating with the slides so that the drawer may bepulled fully out withoutdanger of dropping.

With th'e above and other objects in view as will be hereinafterapparent, the invention consists in general of certainnovel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,illustratedr in the yaccompanying drawings and specilically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several views, and:

, connection therewith.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 3 -3 of Figure2 but showing only the forward part of said figure.

Figure 4 is a section on the line lf-l of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is asection to -an enlarged scale ofone side of the rack andshowing the same in perspective, the-sections being also taken on saidline 4-44.

igure 6 is aperspective View showing the manner of supporting the rackat the front thereof.

Figure 7 is an enlarged section on the line 7-7 of Figure 2, the viewshowing the slides in their fully extended position.

Figure 8 is a View similar to Figure 7 but showing the slides in fullycollapsed position.

slide being shown in dotted lines in disconnected position.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 9.y

Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of .Figure 8.

Figure 12 is a section on the line 12-12 of Figure 9. v.

Figure 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Figure 7.

ln the construction of this refrigeratorvarious types may be employedbut, as an example there has been`shown what is known asaV front icer,that is to Say a refrigerator where the ice is placed 'in therefrigerator from its front side. The device as shown comprises acasing10 supported on suitable castors 11 and this casing is of the usual heatinsulating constructionv not deemed Knecessary to be here shown ordescribed in detail. The case is divided into an ice compartment 12below which is a food compartment 13 and at one side of the twocompartments just mentioned is a second food compartment '14, thus beingthree compartments in the case, two on one side of the case and oneon-the other side. Each of these corr-partments is closed by a.'suitable door 15 havingr the usual refrigerator door latch 16 and keeper17. So far the construction is that quite common in any refrigerator. Inthe lll) present case, however, a drawer 18 slides in and `out of thecompartment 13, the drawer having its forward end of proper size toclose "the opening to the lcompartment 13 when pushed in and alsovhaving a backend e 19 of such size as to fill the opening to thecompartment when theA drawer 4is drawn fully out and to engagev theslides or supports, which will presently be described at .the front.vSimilarly the compartment 14 is provided` with drawers 18 arrangedone;l

above the other and these'drawers, when all are pushed in completelyclose the entrance or opening of the compartment 14. Each `drawer inthis compartment has a back 19 whichcloses, when the Adrawer is pulled vfully out, that portion to the. compartment 14 formerly occupied by thefront of said. drawer. These' drawers slide on' certain extension rackswhich will now be described in detail.

Each of the extension racks consists of what may be termed a fixedmember and sliding or telescopic member. Each fixed member comprises arear transverse member d20 preferably in the form of an angle iron r andhaving one leg vertical and provided adjacent each end with an opening21, best seen in Figure 13. These openings receive pins 22 which proectfrom the back wall'of a compartment Ain which the rack is located;

-rearwardly and terminating at about the middle of the channel. Each ofthe sliding racks has a rear angle iron portion 28, one leg of'wliiclris horizontal and ext`endstoward the frontwhile the other legextends vertically upwardly from the rear edge of the first leg. Alsothere is provided a front tie member 29 parallel to the member 28 ano.these are connected on each side by a channel having a relative widebottom flange 3() and a relative narrow top Hange 31 which extendsforwardlyfro-m the rear and to a point about lhalf-way the length ofsaid channel. The flanges'31 and 30 are spaced vertically so as to 'liebetween the `flanges 27 and 26 and each fla-nge 30 `has its edge portionelevated so that the end of the tie bar 29 may `be`received beneath thechannel without lifting the front end of the telescopic slide. Forpurpose of strengthening and stifening the tie bar -29 a suitable ribmieter 32 is Stamped therein. on the from @ma or the web of eachtelescopic channel is fixed a lug 33.

yNow it willl be seen that so longl as the telescopic channel is notmoved back to such 'position as to clear the flanges 27 it nwill beguided between these flanges and the flanges 26 and cannot tilt. It isto be noted that the vertical legof the angle 28 is sufficiently leighthat it engages, when the telescopic slide isl drawn fully forward, withthe inner ends of the flanges 27. Each ldrawer has on each side at itslower rear corners a projecting lug 34; whlch engages between theflanges lar lug 35 carried about the middle of its lower edge, thespacing of the lugs 34 and' 35 being such that` when the drawer is drawnj31 .and 30 and each drawer also has a simi- 80 out the lugs 35 willengage the lugs 33 beflanges 31. When the drawer is pushed L fore thelugs 34 clear the front ends of the 85.

fully 4into the slides and lin the position shown in Figure 8, the backof the drawer fis against the vertical leg of the angle iron 28. As thedrawer is pulled outthe lugs 35 engage the lugs 33 and then theVtelescopic slide also moves out. This movement con- Y tinues until theangle 28 engages the.y inner endsy of the flanges 27 in which positionthe part at the'rear end v19 of thedrawer will l33 and the drawer maythen be pulled fur# ther forward until the 1ugs`34 clear'the frontend ofthe channels 31 whereupon the draw er maybe fully ,lifted out." Tovmovethe slides the front end of theA same is lifted up to free themember 23 from the pins 25 vand then the slides maybe pulled forward sothat the openings 21 move od of the pins 22.'l

Then by twisting the slide at an angle it vmay be withdrawnl from lthe'compartment. To separate the tlwo members of the slide after the same iswithdrawn it is merel. necessary to pull the telescopicslidesuiliciently far to the rear of the fixed slidefor the sidechannels of the telescopic channels'to close the rear ends of theflanges 27. a Y

There has thus been, provided a simplev and efficient device of the kind'described and" for the purpose specified.

Itis obvious that minor vchanges may be made in the form andconstruction of the invention without departing from the material spiritthereof. It is not, therefore, desired to' confine the invention tothe'` exact form herein shown and described, but it is within the scopeclaimed.

desired to include all such as properly come ne n Having thus describedthe invent-ion, what )Y is claimed as new, is: v

y 1. The combination with a cabinet having t tachably supported on thefront and rear walls of said compartment, and a drawer slidably andremovably mounted on said rack and having a front wall provided withdepending lower edge engaging the transvl0 verse bar upon the drawerbeing moved to closed position.

2. The combination with a cabinet having a compartment provided with anopening in its front, a telescopic rack including a pair 5:5 of membersconnected by a depending front transverse bar and detachably. supportedon the front and rear walls of said compartment, a drawer slidably andremovably mounted on said rack and having a front wall provided with a:depending lower edge engaging the transverse bar upon the drawer belngmoved to closed position, a lsecond similar rack above said drawer forsupporting a second drawer, the first mentioned drawer having the upperedge portion of its front wall engaging the transverse bar of the secondrack when closed and also having its rear wall projecting upwardly uponbeing moved'to fully openl'position to also 'engage the saidtransversefbar of the said second rack.

Y BENEDICT F. VOGrT.

